Biostatistics core serves the needs of the HIV/AIDS researchers within the Ragon Institute and its affiliates at Harvard, MGH, MIT and University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. Provides expertise in planning, conduct and analysis of research with goal of enhancing scientific quality of HIV-related research at the institute. Primary objective is to ensure that studies are well designed, correctly analyzed, clearly presented, and correctly interpreted.

Services provided include tissue preparation, embedding and sectioning for electron microscopy, use of electron microscope and photography of thin sections, immunogold staining for electron microscopy, preparation and incubation of samples (cells and tissues) for immunofluorescence microscopy, confocal microscopy and digital imaging.

The MGH CCIB DNA Core, founded in 1995, is a non-profit research core laboratory within the Center for Computational and Integrative Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston). It has a 25+ year track record of increasing research efficiency with trusted high-quality, cutting edge research services at competitive rates and of providing access to state-of-the-art instrumentation, methodologies and expertise.